Civil Justice in the Mountains: The Bolivian Andes as Grounds for Climate Reform.

The article discusses the effect of climatic change on mountain ecosystems and reflects the concerns of environmental justice. The vulnerabilities of indigenous communities and mountain ecosystems to climate change along with the protection of fundamental human rights are also discussed. It depicts the re-categorization of environmental justice as a civil rights issue. It uses the example of the Bolivian Andes to demonstrate the climate change impacts on high-altitude indigenous communities.